East Boston cat called to jury duty

[Sam Fisher]

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO133130/

BOSTON -- Duty calls for an East Boston resident.
Someone is getting called for jury duty...but it's no human.
A family is trying to figure out how their pet cat was summonsed for jury duty.
“I said, Sal, what’s this? You know, I don’t believe it I was shocked,” said Guy Esposito, Sal’s owner.
Sal’s owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under “pets”.
“I just wrote ‘Sal Esposito’, scratched out the ‘dog,’ and wrote, ‘cat,’” said Anna.
Anna filed for Sal’s disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.
Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23. Anna said that if the issue isn’t cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

 

[SpeterMan3]

 

[Kurosawa]

Who names their cat a name like Sal?

Oh wait my cat's name is Todd

nvm

 

[Morg]

Anna filed for Sal’s disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.
Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23. Anna said that if the issue isn’t cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

Please do, love to see what happens when the cat shows up

 

[Sam Fisher]

Please do, love to see what happens when the cat shows up

Judge: "What's your verdict?"
Cat: "Meow"

 

[Majic Walrus]

Ridiculous.

 

[Paroxysm]

Is a dog on trail or something? I'd ask for a retrail on the grounds that the cat is racist.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I'd ask for a mistrail on the grounds that a juror is a goddamn cat.

 

[katie_girl09]

That's only because you're a dirty rotten speciesist!

 

[Manic]

You gotta love how the jury commissioner doesn't give a fig that Sal is a cat.

 

[Alex The Great]

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO133130/

BOSTON -- Duty calls for an East Boston resident.
Someone is getting called for jury duty...but it's no human.
A family is trying to figure out how their pet cat was summonsed for jury duty.
“I said, Sal, what’s this? You know, I don’t believe it I was shocked,” said Guy Esposito, Sal’s owner.
Sal’s owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under “pets”.
“I just wrote ‘Sal Esposito’, scratched out the ‘dog,’ and wrote, ‘cat,’” said Anna.
Anna filed for Sal’s disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.
Sal’s service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23. Anna said that if the issue isn’t cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

Is this trial about a dog mauling?

 

[SuperFerret]

Cats and dogs are incapable of being jurors. Cats hate everyone and dogs love anyone. Now, ferrets, we belong in the courtroom. Weasels are adept at these kinds of situations.

 

[Manic]

Weasels. *scoff* What a bunch of lawyers!

 

[Raiden]

You gotta love how the jury commissioner doesn't give a fig that Sal is a cat.

I guess being a juror doesn't mean much, and even animals can do it.

 

[Alex The Great]

Weasels in the court room? I'd rather see the apocolypse

 

[Manic]

I guess being a juror doesn't mean much, and even animals can do it.

The cat couldn't possibly be any dumber than some of the other jurors. The problem with selecting 12 random people is that there's a high probably of getting a jury full of idiots.

 

[SuperFerret]

Unlike humans, most other animals are pretty smart at what they do.

 

[DarkReflections]

I wouldn't be surprised if the cat was the smartest juror there.

 

[redmarvel]

Cats and dogs are incapable of being jurors. Cats hate everyone and dogs love anyone. Now, ferrets, we belong in the courtroom. Weasels are adept at these kinds of situations.

You've been dealing with the wrong cat's. I'm the type of cat that would show you a thing or two, no hate involved mrowr, but I'd make an awful juror, trying to show all participants what a good ***** I am

 

[Aesop Rocks]

This is just silly~.

 

[katie_girl09]

I wouldn't be surprised if the cat was the smartest juror there.

Hahaha!

Oh.

 

[NotAHenchwench]

Of course it had to be East Boston.... GD it...

 

[SuperFerret]

Are East Boston and West Boston like East and West Berlin? Is there a wall?

 

[NotAHenchwench]

Haha I wish it was like that.

East Boston is just a huge mix of people. It just doesn't surprise me they'd pull something like this.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

"Your Honor, we cannot trust the jury for the simple fact that one of them is a cat".